Electric machine



May 26, 1931. w. LANGEWIESCHE 1,807,218

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w. LANGEWIESCHE 1,807,218

ELECTRIC MACHINE Filed April 10. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2' Patented May 26, 1931 UNITED. STATES.

.iPATE Nr OFFICE WILEELH LANGEWIESOHI, OF BEBLm-TmELHOF, GERMANY, ASSIGNOB TO G. IJOBENZ-AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, OF BERLIN-TEMZELHOF, GERMANY morale Application aiea April 10, 1928, Serial so.

The present invention relates to an alternating current electrical generator, more particularly for the simultaneous generation of several preferably harmonic frequencies, and is especially applicable to those cases in which it is desired to generate, in the sim- 5 mitting the various operating or service per secon signals, for instance for calling up, a frequency of 25 periods er second which gives a deep note is used, or the transmission of busy si als a frequency of 150 periods which gives a note of medium pitch, and finally for the purpose of transmitting the hold-on signal, a frequency of 450 periods per second'which produces a relatively high note. The resent invention is however by no means iimited to 'such special calling machines, but can be applied in all cases in whichit is desired to generate alternating current of any desired frequency or frequencies.

The invention relates especially'to machines for alternating-current generation which act on the homopolar inductor principle, in accordance with which, as is well known, the electromotive forces are gener ated in a winding by subjecting a normally constant and uni-directional magnetic flux threading through the winding, to periodic changes, such as for instance, by moving an iron member provided with teeth and slots past the winding. The magnetic flux threading the winding will thus undergo periodic fluctuations caused by the different magnetic permeability of consecutive teeth and slots and in alternating current will be generated in the winding. The invention will be explained more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which 2-- Figure 1 explains the method of alternat- MACHINE 268,988, and in Germany March 18, 1927.

ing-currentgeneration on which the inven- 4 tion is base Flgure 2 shows a construction according.

to the invention,

Figure 3 shows, byway of example, the application of the invention to a call signal machine for telephone exchanges.

Figure 4 shows in more detall, one form 1 of arrangement of the stator winding of a machine as shown by Fig. 3.

Figure 5 illustrates another mode of arranglng the different windings in a gener- 1 ator in accordance with Fig. 3

Figure 6 represents a wiring diagram of the armature of the machine accordi to Fig- 3 to be used in this special embodiment of the invention. H

In Figure 1,'S is a part of the stator and R is the rotor of'a homopolar high-frequency machine, shown in development. The rotor is constituted simply by a rotatin solid armature, on the circumference 0 which teeth .2 are provided; a magnetic flux of normall constant magnitude and direction exists tween the rotor and the stator as indicated by dotted lines and arrows, n1, 412,413 etc. are the slots of the stator, the pitch' of which is" equal to half the tooth-pitchv of the rotor. In consecutive pairs of slots nl-n2, nS-wi, stator coils all wound in the same direction are arranged, all being connected together in series, such as is a so 11- lustrate'd more particularly in Figs. 4b and 5b. x

If one winding embedded in the slots n1 and 1&2 is considered, it will be seen that the ma etic flux traversing this winding 15 sub ect, on rotation of the teeth .2 of the rotor, to temporary fluctuations between a maximum value ,6 max. anda minimum value at min., on account of periodic chan s duceg by a tooth an the consecutive slot res ectivel as indicated by the time curve in igure 1%, the zero time po nt of which corresponds to the rotor position accordmgto Figure 1a. The curve of the time variation of the ma etic flux enclosedby the coil, is theoretica y triangular asshown in Figure 1b; in practice, the curve will appear more 100 of the ma' etic; reluctance pro- V or less rounded off, but, for the sake of simplicity of illustration, the ideal form will be retained. These variations of the flux traversing the stator coil, produce in the latter voltages an. v J g-5 in which .2 is the total number of teeth of ,the rotor and n the number of revolutions per minute. It is understood that with this type of machine, a double frequency is obtained as compared with the normal type of alternating current generator which is based on the double pole principle and whereby a north pole and a south pole are alternately moving past the induced windin Thus, referring to Fig. 1, the magneticfiux' passing the teeth Z to the stator, would be reversed alternately and it would afford two consecutive teeth, one being a north pole and the other being a south pole, to move past the winding placed, e. g., in slots 7% and n (see Fig. 1) in order to induce one complete cycle. In the present type of machine, on the other hand, the flux, as to its magnitude aswell as direction, is normally the same for each of the teeth as shown by the arrows in the drawings and-it is necessary to move only one tooth past the winding in order to subject the magnetic flux to one complete cycle of: variation and to induce a corresponding complete alternating current wave. This explains the afirementioned formula in which Z constitutes the total number of teeth, whereas in. a conventional double pole type machine, Z would be the number of pairs vof poles, each pair consisting of a north pole and a south po e.

The present invention makes use of this principle by means of which currents of one frequency f.

or more frequencies f'=w. f., in which as is some whole number, can be obtained either alone or simultaneously with those of the Accordin to the invention, this is done by makin t e pitch of the generating winding equa to a fraction, which I may correspond to the number m, of half the tooth pitch of the rotor. For the generation of the treble frequency of the value given by the above formula 4% e e0" v the pitch on the stator must be neonate made therefore equal to. one third of half the tooth-pitch of the rotor, such a construction is shown in Figure 2a.

The variation of the magnetic flux embraced by a coil, for instance n1-n2, takes place, as will be easily seen, in accordance with a trapeze-shaped curve as shown in Figure 2b, the enclosed flux retaining a constant value during a portion of the time within which a tooth rotates in front of a coil. The voltage which i is generated in such a coil has then an unsteady shape as shown in Figure 20.

If however corresponding coils arranged on the circumference of the stator and situated in the slots n1n2, nit-n4, n5 n6, as is the case in the construction according to Figure 1, are connected in series, individual voltage curves will add consecutively and the total voltages resulting will be a continuous curve as shown in Figure 2d, the frequency of which is a corresponding multiple of the fundamental frequency corresponding to the number of the rotor teeth and determined in accordance with the above formula. In addition to the theoretical shape of the curve, the practically existing rounded off portions which give the whole more-or-less the form of a sine curve are shown.

Figure 3 shows one form of practical application of the invention to a calling ma chine for telephone exchanges of the above mentioned kind, which is distinguished by the greatest. simplicity and, therefore, owing to its cheapness and also to its reliable working even for the smallest stations such as perior to similar devices such as buzzers etc. hitherto used and intended for the same purpose.

A normal direct current motor with the poles N and Sand armature A is rotated by a source of direct current such as a battery. A magnetic flux of constant magnitude and direction is establishedbetween the north pole N and the south pole S and passes through the'armature A. The exciting winding on the poles has been omitted in the drawing for the sake of clearness and the commutator with the brushes must be assumed'to be arranged at the opposite end. The armature is a standard directcurrent armature and is provided with a winding w which, in addition to its connection to the commutatom is connected in the well-known manner to two slip rings 8 .from which alternating current can be tak- The machine has so far the character en. of. a standard rotary converter. Such an arrangement is identical to a" normal rotary converter and is shown for the sake of illustration and completeness in Fig. '6, where the normal direct current armature winding supplied from a power supply across the rivate exchanges, is considerably su- I 60 i be partly embeddedin a single slot, a mu- 7 low frequency 25 cycle current.

By proper dimensioning of the arts the alternating current taken from t e armature winding can have, for instance, the desired .frequency of 25 periods per second for feeding the calling devices. For the 1 generation of the other frequencies demand- 10 ed, in the pole shoes of the poles N and S slots are provided in which are arranged, on the one hand, a winding 70150 for the generation of a current of the number of periods 150 per sec.,- and at the same time another winding 10450 for the generation of an alternating current with the number of periods 450 per sec. The pitch of the slots or the winding @0150 is equal to half the tooth-pitch of the armature, and the arrangement agrees with that of Figure 1, but

that of the slots for the winding 10450 is, in accordance with this invention, equal to one third of half the tooth-pitch.

In Fig. 4, the arrangement of the stator windin on the north pole in accordance with Fig. 3, is shown in more detail in a front view whereby the contour of the pole is shown in a stretched out or developed manner. a, to a represent slots for the windings. The distance between'n and n correspondsto the widths of one-half armature tooth pitch Z as readily understood in connection with Figs. 1 and 2. A winding for producing a lower frequency such as for instance, 150 cycles, is arranged having a pitch equal to one-half of the tooth pitch of the armature such as shown in Fig. 1.

At the. same time, a second windingfor a three-fold frequency; that is, in the example chosen, 450 cycles,'is arran 'ed having a winding pitch which is one-tliird of one:

half the tooth'pitch .of the armature in accordance with a diagram shown by Fig. 2.

The same arrangement is shown in Fig. 4b. The difference between the winding arrangement of Figs. 4a. and 4?) consists in that m the former, consecutive coils are arranged at a distance from each other by one winding pitch, whereas in the latter case, consecutive coils are arranged closel followin each other in a manner. wel known In the art. The arrangement of Fi 4a: ispreferable-in cases where a low vo tage is required and the arran ement of Fig. 4b serves for producing hig voltageswhich requires a higher number of turns. The same arrangement of the winding may be used for the corresponding south pole of the machine.

'The two windings 10150 and @0450 could tual disturbing action does not in practice I take place. In ordergstill'. further to sim- 'slip ring or from a spring pressed against the spindle end on the one hand, and from one of the two commutator brushes of the direct-current end on the other hand. The current thus obtained has a wave-shape which, after passing through a transformer, assumes pure alternating-current shape. This may be seen with reference to Fig. 3 in which the inner sli -ring S would correspond to the shaft 0 the generator upon which is sliding a brush whereas the remaining slip-ring would be one of the normal kind, electrically insulated from the machine shaft.

In a similar way two or more frequencies could be generated with one and the same machine. The construction according to Figure 3 can be still further simplified by arranging the windings for the single frequencies on each pole separately, that is to say the winding w150 on the pole N and the winding W450. on the pole S. This is more particularly'illustrated by Fig. 5 which is similar to Fig. 4 and according to which both kinds of windings; namely, the 150 cycle winding and the 450 cycle winding are hotarranged together but separate from each other; that 1s, the first one in slots ofthe pole piece of the tnorth ole N (Fig. 5a) and the latter in slots of t e ole' iece of the south pole S (Fig. 5b). utilization of the machine could also be ensured by arranging the single coils consecutively in each two slots va -n wa -n 711 171.; etc. as is also done in high-frequency machines, in which case, however, the suc- 'e cacious cessive coils must be always Wound alter- The rotor winding is an ordinary hand, with a commutator K for direct current power supply and, on the other hand, with slip rings for supplying the alternating current output current. In this case, the

direct current supplied to the commutator produces the uni-directional flux through the poles 'N and S and the armature, but it is understood that a pure direct current motor or generator niay he used for producing a multi-frequency current, in accordance with the spirit of the invention. The magnetizing windings for the .poles N and S system and having a winding have not been shown, for clearness of illustration.

What I claim'isz a 1. In an alternating current electric machine operating on the homopolar variable reluctance principlecomprising a rotor provided with teeth and slots, a stator, means to produce a normally constant and unidirectional magnetic flux between said stator and said rotor, a generating winding on said stator having a winding pitch equal to the width of said rotor teeth, for producing an alternating current of predetermined frequency, an armature winding of a standard direct current type arran ed in the slots of the said stator, a toothed rotor, at least two gen erating. windings arranged on said stator,

rotor, slip-rings 0 said rotor connected to tap points of said armature winding to supply a current of lower frequency, and at least one further generating windin on said stator having. a winding itch which is a fraction of the width of said rotor teeth for producing a current having a frequency which is a harmonic of said first mentioned current.

2. In a multi-frequency dynamo electric machine comprising a direct current-alternating current rotary 'converter having a rotatin slotted armature with teeth and slots 0 equal width and provided with a communtating winding and slip-rings, a a

stationary system of magnetiz'able pole Pieces cooperating therewith and means to produce further alternatingcurrent of difierent trequency comprising a further winding arranged in the pole pieces of said stationary I pitch which is a fraction of one-half the tooth pitch of said armature. v

3. In a multi-frequency dynamo electric machine comprising a stationary,system of magnetizable pole pieces, a slotted armature having'slots and teeth of equal width, a winding and slip-rings associated therewith, to produce alternating current of a low frequency and a plurality of further windings arranged in the pole pieces of said stationary system and having winding pitches-which are fractions of vthe tooth pitch of said armature teeth.

4. In a multi-frequency dynamo electric machine comprising a direct current-alter- I nating current rotary converter having a toothed armature provided with a commutafor, a winding and slip-rings, a stationary system of magnetizable pole pieces cooperating therewith and means to produce further alternating current of difierent frequency comprising a further winding arranged in the pole pieces of said stationary system and having which isa fraction of the width of the teeth of the said armature.

5. A multi-frequency alternating current dynamo electric machine, operating on the variable reluctance principle, comprising a a winding pitch 

